Quotes from Frank Herbert
Any man who retreats into a cave which has only one opening deserves to die.
- Frank Herbert
Anything outside yourself, this you can see and apply your logic to it. But it's a human trait that when we encounter personal problems, these things most deeply personal are the most difficult to bring out for our logic to scan. We tend to flounder around, blaming everything but the actual, deep-seated thing that's really chewing on us.
- Frank Herbert
What does a mirror look at?
- Frank Herbert
When I need to identify rebels, I look for men with principles
- Frank Herbert
Never attempt to reason with people who know they are right!
- Frank Herbert
When a wise man does not understand, he says: I do not understand. The fool and the uncultured are ashamed of their ignorance. They remain silent when a question could bring them wisdom.
- Frank Herbert
Police are inevitably corrupted. ... Police always observe that criminals prosper. It takes a pretty dull policeman to miss the fact that the position of authority is the most prosperous criminal position available.
- Frank Herbert
Face your fears or they will climb over your back.
- Frank Herbert
Much that was called religion has carried an unconscious attitude of hostility toward life. True religion must teach that life is filled with joys pleasing to the eye of God, that knowledge without action is empty. All men must see that the teaching of religion by rules and rote is largely a hoax. The proper teaching is recognized with ease. You can know it without fail because it awakens within you that sensation which tells you this is something you've always known.
- Frank Herbert
If you rely only on your eyes, your other senses weaken.
- Frank Herbert
The vision of time is broad, but when you pass through it, time becomes a narrow door.
- Frank Herbert
Caution is the path to mediocrity. Gliding, passionless mediocrity is all that most people think they can achieve.
- Frank Herbert